And here are my girls, I think they have nice heads, although Luka doesn't have any teeth left in hers.

 

 

this is my male Ty, Am/Can show lines, 3 years old, and his 2 year old full sister

the two of them together, he is definitely masculine and her feminine with out being weak

 

Horsegirl...that is a very nice looking AM bred dog....a nice head (side profile) indeed!

 

very nice variety heads on this thread. I love looking at them and seeing the variety of lines.

The head needs to fit the body though. I can't imagine some of those big blocky heads on streamlined bodies or the more slender heads on the big muscular frames.

Like I would not want to see a quarter horse head on an Arabian, or a Thoroughbred or vice versa. The head has to fit the body.

Mostly I agree that it is what's inside the head that counts. Keep trying to tell my daughter that when she bring home guys that are "tall dark, handsome" but irresponsible :crazy:

 

Here's my boy, photos were taken when he was about 6 months old.

 

I went through the old pictures a few days ago, and I noticed that my current dog's head changed within the last year to fully match his body. I have heard from my breeder that shepherds can keep growing until 4 years of age but now I have a first hand experience.

The dogs posted are beautiful, and so different!

 

Yes. Also, the maturity level varies between the dogs and it can take not only up to four years for them to grow but also to mature. And with some males you can see a significant change from puppyhood, to one year, four years and seven years of age. When I got Yukon he was five. Now with seven he looks much more masculine than with five years. And you can almost see that with every dog, just like with people.

 

Wolfie has a big blocky head that I hear is typical of DDR lines. Chief was ASL and he had a big head, but his nose was longer and he had a thinner face than Wolfie.

 

I may be slightly(lol) biased, but I really like how the head on our 20 week old female pup is turning out.
Fenrir- (new camera- still getting used to the different settings, so is washed out)

Who I found out (thanks qbchottu!) is half GSL and half German working lines.

 

There is a trend in this thread. Everyone seems to like their dog's head.
What could be better?

 

Hope Benny likes my head!

 

My dogs' head AND eyes have changed as they matured! Dena had beautiful dark brown eyes from the beginning, but Keefer (her half brother) had much lighter eyes that have become darker. Halo's eyes were fairly light when she was young, but have grown darker over time too.

Keef always had a masculine "big boy" head, even when he was young, but it was never out of proportion to his body, which is broad and big boned. Halo has a thinner muzzle than he does, but thank goodness her head finally grew into her body. For awhile there we thought she might always be a pinhead, lol!

Here's Keefer at 10 months old

And 5-1/2 years

 

Okay, don't take that the wrong way. Please don't, I think it's rather funny... but your dog looks like as if he needs glasses in the upper picture. :rofl:

 

The topic now includes eyes, which makes sense, being a part of the head.

 

The topic now includes eyes, which makes sense, being a part of the head.
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Is her ear set always outwards? it reminds me of the Siamese that we used to have-

Who we dearly loved btw!

It's hard to tell what sort of eye shape your dog actually has, but the standards call for almond shaped, set slightly slanting of medium size, not protruding.

But as someone else said- who cares, if your dog is just a pet- you love her anyway. The standard is what all breeders should look to when breeding.

 

For a shelter dog this one has a very nice head:

 

For a shelter dog this one has a very nice head:

It might just be this picture, but his ears look proportionately small for his head.

 

all that coat.... be nice, he's in a shelter waiting for his forever home!

 

A couple of weeks ago we met a lady that is a CKC (Canadian) Conformation Judge and a GSD breeder. She loved Gryff and said that I could finish him if I showed him. She really liked his head:

I always thought that Gryff's head was too refined for a male, but he does have well-proportioned, and well-set ears.

 

IMO not fine at all- he's very handsome. Lovely looking dog!

 

well there is a bit of a standard - we like things to be balanced between left and right side

 

No, Lucia....you would have been carefully placed with an experienced handler to bring out all of your talents!
Gryff has a great head, IMO. :wub:

 

lets all be honest...we ALL have dogs with beautiful heads...they show love, devotion, and alertness when needed, and they don't care what we look like! I have seen many beautiful heads and beautiful dogs, and a few I personally didn't like, yet to their owners, they were perfect..and I know when to keep my mouth shut and not say a negative...people start looking at their dogs differently if they are critiqued unfavorably...And yes my 2 have perfect heads, eyes, ears, bodies, tails, feet, personality, etc...

 

Mirada has a head that I find incorrect. I've mentioned it on several occasions. Is she pretty? Yes. But her head is too refined (at least I think so).

From the side:

A couple of frontal views:

15 months:

7-8 months

When she was ickle bitty:

 

Sorry Xeph, but I was in tears over those ears LOL...in the 7-8mo photo. Oh my!

She is very pretty...I love that smokey color on her tan. Her head is very refined though...it makes her neck look very long.

 

Gorgeous dog, looks like a standard Am line to me. yes her head could be a bit wider but she looks very regal and Lady like especially the first picture

 

pretty but disproportionate to body size . nice body !

 

Really, my issue isn't with her skull. I like her skull. But her muzzle is too weak for me.

I've never found her head to small for her body, though. But she is bathed and blown out in all pictures shown, so I can see how it would like that way (with the ruff blown up, her head does look even smaller compared to her body).

Thanks for the compliment on her body I love it

 

check the picture 7-8 months . very pretty female , bright intelligent expression - head set small - we are talking about the correct GSD standard head .

 

When I look at her old 7-8 month picture, generally I tend to think "Man, her ears were HUGE!" LOL!

She's a good lil worker bee at least.